Table 5 Muscle strength in the HAL and control groups
From: Training with Hybrid Assistive Limb for walking function after total knee arthroplasty
Response | Â | HAL group | Control group | Â | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visit | Mean ± SD |  | Mean ± SD |  | P value | ||
Knee extension torque (Nm/kg) | Pre | 1.10 ± 0.64 | (n = 10) | 0.91 ± 0.31 | (n = 11) | 0.373 |  |
Week 2 | 0.68 ± 0.43 | (n = 10) | 0.67 ± 0.23 | (n = 10) | 0.924 |  | |
Week 4 | 0.93 ± 0.32 | (n = 10) | 0.85 ± 0.23 | (n = 11) | 0.541 |  | |
Week 8 | 1.15 ± 0.12 | (n = 6) | 0.88 ± 0.17 | (n = 5) | 0.014 | * | |
Knee flex torque (Nm/kg) | Pre | 0.56 ± 0.22 | (n = 10) | 0.51 ± 0.22 | (n = 11) |  |  |
Week 2 | 0.36 ± 0.15 | (n = 10) | 0.41 ± 0.15 | (n = 10) |  |  | |
Week 4 | 0.45 ± 0.16 | (n = 10) | 0.41 ± 0.15 | (n = 11) |  |  | |
Week 8 | 0.51 ± 0.12 | (n = 6) | 0.50 ± 0.15 | (n = 5) |  |  | |